UPENN began using Oracle for their accounting needs going on three years
ago.  It has its good points along with its bad ones.

Audrey

At 10:36 AM 5/26/99 -0500, you wrote:
>UALR asi inteh throes of implementing BANNER for the whole campus.  I'm no
>accountant, for sure, and although it seems to do some pretty sophisticated
>stuff, for grants management it's a pretty awykward and unfriendly beast.
>I've also used the grants component of FAMIS and it's a real turkey.
>
>Spanky
>
>
>>We are interested in hearing from any institutions who have recently
>>implemented an accounting system specifically for sponsored programs. We are
>>especially interested in any commercial accounting software applications
>>which have been implemented by a research institute or organization to
>>handle the requirements of administering federally sponsored research grants
>>and contracts.
>>
>>Stories regarding successful adaptions, or any pitfalls encountered, of
>>commercial accounting software to the accounting needs of sponsored research
>>agreements would be especially useful.
>>
>>Please e-mail me directly at the address below. I will be glad to share
>>responses on request. Thank you.
>>
>>James F. Ball, Assistant Director
>>Office of Grants & Contracts
>>The Ohio State University Research Foundation
>>1960 Kenny Road
>>Columbus, Ohio 43210
>>
>>E-mail address: xxxxxx@osu.edu
>>
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>Mike (Spanky) McCallister, Ph.D.,
>Director, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
>University of Arkansas at Little Rock
>2801 South University
>Little Rock, AR  72204
>(v)501-569-8474
>(F)501-569-3039
>http://www.ualr.edu/~orsp/
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Audrey C. Buck
Senior Contract Administrator
Research Services
Phone:  (215) 573 6709
Fax:    (215) 898 9708
email:  xxxxxx@pobox.upenn.edu

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